Alternate Names: Groningen, Grunnings
Dialects: Groningen-East Frisian (Gronings-Oostfries), Veenkoloniaals (Veen Colony), West Groningen (West Gronings), Westerwolds (Westerwold).
Genealogy:
Demographics: 592,000 (2003).
Language Use: L1 of many rural people. Also use Dutch [nld].
Language Development: Dictionary. Bible: 1987.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Netherlands
Other Comments: Identified by the government as variant of Low Saxon , (1996).